Did you, ah, say "teacake?"
Posted on 05/30/2006 1:19:49 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite
IRA were behind 48pc of Troubles murders A UNIVERSITY of Ulster academic yesterday blamed the IRA for the overwhelming majority of murders during the Troubles.
Henry Patterson, Professor of History at Jordanstown, challenged the view that the Northern Ireland conflict was a simple "war of liberation" by republicans against colonial interests and said there were key differences between the Troubles in Northern Ireland and struggles in Africa and Latin America. He told the sixth International Conference of The Spanish Association for Irish Studies at the University of Valladolid in Spain that the Provisional IRA was responsible for 48 per cent of deaths while the RUC was responsible for just 1.4 per cent and the UDR 0.2 per cent.
Mr Patterson pointed out that even if claims of widespread collusion between state forces and loyalist paramilitaries were true and 50 per cent of those killed by loyalists were added to the security forces' figure, it would still amount to only 17 per cent of all deaths.
In an address entitled War of National Liberation or Ethnic Cleansing: IRA violence in Fermanagh during the Troubles, Prof Patterson examined the IRA campaign in the county. Prof Patterson recalled how the IRA in Fermanagh had carried out a number of widely-condemned killings including the Enniskillen Poppy Day bombing, and said many unionists believed the campaign in the county was a form of ethnic cleansing.
"No doubt many Provisionals then and now would sincerely and forcefully deny that their campaign in Fermanagh was a form of ethnic cleansing," he said. "As we have seen, most of the Protestants killed were in the security forces, and Fermanagh did not experience the wholesale evacuation of Protestants that occurred in West Cork during the War of Independence. "Yet, that the killings struck at the Protestant community's morale, sense of security and belonging in the area was undeniable. "It was being made clear to them that they could continue to live in Fermanagh, but only on terms defined by the Provisional IRA." Prof Patterson said the conflicting views of the Troubles – was it a war of liberation or ethnic cleansing? – has been one of the reasons for the unease with the peace process among the unionist community. 30 May 2006
Did you, ah, say "teacake?"
LOL!
Ugh!! I remember that one! Just a few weeks before that happens again...
Nice car, pity about the driver! ;)
>>IRA were behind 48pc of Troubles murders A UNIVERSITY of Ulster academic yesterday blamed the IRA for the overwhelming majority of murders during the Troubles.<<
Professors really ought to be able to do math. 48 percent in not an "overwhelming majority."
Somebody will probably tell her to avoid him this year. Unless Giuliani is her oponent, she's pretty much got the northeastern liberal donkey vote in the bag.
Just noticed the thread is a year old.... what a PITA.
They stick their heads up their arses when confroted with that!
"He did it first, mommy!" does not excuse the IRA.
The IRA was and is a Marxist organization..
It's a misprint, it should be 58%, reading the article will show that.
What made you pick today to ping people back into this thread?
What made you pick today to ping people back into this thread?
Pro-IRA troll resurrected it at #39.
>>It's a misprint, it should be 58%, reading the article will show that.<<
Thanks for the correction - frankly I'm surprised its not higher...I wasn't trying to minimize IRA terrorism - it was just the physicist in me making a math point.
The idiot at #39 ressurected it, I did my usual flame-ping thingy!
I know, I understand, I'm kicking myself I didn't correct it before posting it! ;)
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